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Magnum Semiconductor Cuts Backup Costs in Half, Reduces Backup Time by 80% with ProtecTIER™ by Diligent Technologies Corporation
their hardware. Based on keeping backup data on the storage array for a 60-day retention time, Intellistore was confident these combined solutions would allow Magnum to save 50% over their current tape backup costs. Not ruling out tape altogether...
Data Deduplication Made Simple by Data Domain
and the implications go far beyond backup applications. Take this opportunity to learn the key differences between deduplication technologies available today. Data deduplication is rapidly becoming a core fundamental of any storage system, and the...
Are Full Backups a Thing of the Past? by Storage Magazine
was asked if full nightly backups to tape were still needed given the advent of disk-based technologies like snapshots and CDP. Trying not to sound like a consultant attempting to please everyone, I answered "It depends." Snapshots and CDP provide excellent...
University of St. Thomas implements a tiered storage approach from Quantum, including Data De-duplication Technology to Cut Backup Time in Half by Quantum Corporation
to do something to shorten their backup windows and make everything more reliable and more robust, so they chose Quantum DXi™ appliance. St. Thomas is an independent Catholic liberal arts university with its main campus in St. Paul, Minnesota. They needed to do...
Use Case: Implementing Best Practices for MS Exchange Backup and Deduplication by SEPATON
by enabling companies to backup and restore petabytes of data without adding capacity--making the cost of backing up to a VTL comparable to physical tape. For many companies, backing up and restoring email environments is becoming a slow...
Use Case: Maximizing Deduplication ROI in a NetBackup Environment by SEPATON
by enabling companies to backup and restore petabytes of data without adding capacity--making the cost of backing up to a VTL comparable to physical tape. For many companies, backing up and restoring data is becoming a slow, complicated, expensive...
Data Deduplication and Disk Backups: An End-User’s Guide to Success by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
solution are high performance backup and restoration with integrated backup to disk technology. The solution includes built-in world-class antivirus and encryption features. ExaGrid systems provide unique byte-level data deduplication, a...
Deduplication: The Perfect Solution to the Perfect Storm by Diligent Technologies Corporation
the advantages for companies using tape backup to move to deduplication-based disk systems for onsite backup storage. This PowerPoint presentation is from a Storage Decisions session (New York 2008) that explores how, although disk systems are cheaper...
Video: Tape is Still Very Much Alive! by Zenith Infotech
the alternatives and trade-offs to tape and ultimately learn about what your company can do to get the most benefits from tape and the issues that need to be addressed in order to do this. Tape, a storage medium for storing data, is often thought to be "dead" or...
Data Sheet: Server Backup and Recovery for Remote Offices and SMBs by Iron Mountain Digital
s servers with reliable, automated backup and rapid recovery. Reliable backup and recovery are critical to today’s information-driven business. Iron Mountain’s LiveVault is the complete backup and recovery solution for remote offices, and for small and...
Advanced Backup School II by EMC Partner Organization
benefits, backing up to disk before tape is making a huge impact on the way backups are done. Also, with the advent of low-cost ATA-based RAID, organizations can improve backup and recovery performance – and do it more cost effectively. In this Webcast, VP of Data...
Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
The use of tape virtualization will improve backup performance and reliability while allowing you to preserve investment in your existing tape infrastructure. Virtual tape library (VTL) technology is arguably the easiest way...
Enterprise-ready VTLs by Storage Magazine
Most virtual tape libraries will accelerate backups, but there are key differences among them when it comes to scaling, interoperability and management. A virtual tape library (VTL) provides a cost-effective addition to their disk...
VTL Data Management Issues by Storage Magazine
With the proliferation of virtual tape libraries within storage environments, storage managers face an increased number of decisions in regards to managing and cataloging the transfer of data to tape. With the proliferation of virtual tape libraries...
Common Backup Configuration Mistakes by EMC Partner Organization
as he deconstructs the common backup system and points out certain mistakes that may be hampering your backup operations. View this Videocast to learn more. No matter how large or small your organization may be, having a solid backup strategy is a number...
ESG Brief: Case Studies on Backing Up VMware® by SEPATON
has its sights set on solving the backup challenges of virtual server implementations—in particular, VMware environments—with VTL. VMware is a classic case of being at the right place at the right time with the right technology and the right value...
StorageVirtualization and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array by Hewlett-Packard Company
technologies such as RAID, tape backups, and SANs in an attempt to control large amounts of data for business-critical operations. As today’s companies face even greater challenges accessing and managing their business-critical information, the...
US AFB Implements ProtecTIER™ - Cuts Backup Time by 50 Percent While Maximizing the Use of Existing Storage Resources by Diligent Technologies Corporation
decided to address growing backup and restore problems, they turned to protecTIER. Organizations performing services for the U.S. Government are held accountable for meeting strict standards as part of the services they provide. When engineers for...
Gartner 2008 Marketscope: Enterprise Backup/Recovery by Syncsort
way that Gartner is evaluating the backup market and measuring vendor success in the market. This MarketScope represents a major change in the way that Gartner is evaluating the backup market and measuring vendor success in that market. It is important to...
Protecting Personal Data in Sybase Adaptive Server® Enterprise by Sybase, Inc.
data on media such as disks and backup tapes, the strongest solution today is to encrypt data prior to putting it on the media. Sybase ASE’s encryption option provides several distinct advantages for protecting data. First, it requires no application or...
Global Data Deduplication Results with NetBackup PureDisk by Symantec Corporation
and to more efficiently centralize backup data to multiple sites for assured disaster recovery. Veritas NetBackup PureDisk from Symantec uses data deduplication technology to help customers address these data protection challenges. At the heart of...
Syncsort AdvancedClient: The New Data Protection Paradigm by Syncsort
Traditional backup strategies are fast becoming obsolete. Read this white paper to learn about a new solution that revolutionizes data protection strategies compared to the technologies of yesterday. Traditional backup...
ContentAware Data Deduplication: A Technical Review by SEPATON
time, and increase efficiency of backup and restore operations. DeltaStor software is a next-generation data deduplication application for the SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library that enables enterprises to store more data online at a cost that is...
Mainframe Tape Technology: Eight Myths, Realities and Best Practices by CA
CA Tape Encryption is an innovative, flexible, easily implemented comprehensive z/OS tape protection solution that ensures your data is not breached even if the tapes fall into the wrong hands. A dependable backup plan is...
D2D2T Backup Architectures and the Impact of Data De-duplication by Quantum Corporation
of de-duplication in a disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup and recovery environment. No one technology by itself solves all the challenges for backup and recovery at every point in the data lifecycle. Different access and retention requirements, as well as cost...
Securing Data Stored on Tape with Encryption: How to Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Solution by Quantum Corporation
each year-many of them on backup tapes-businesses must take steps to improve data confidentiality and integrity. Luckily, the data encryption capabilities built into every Quantum LTO-4 tape drive can help organizations prevent a costly and...
Attacking DR with Better Data Management by EMC Partner Organization
recovery task or plan? • Where does tape fit into the disaster recovery equation? View this Videocast to learn more
Data De-duplication and Replication Gives AIG Better Backups and Enhanced Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance by Quantum Corporation
this problem AIG tried Quantum backup solutions that combined data de-duplication disk, tape, due to which the company is now able to enhance compliance. AIG major business challenge was the rapid access to archive data being governed by Sarbanes-Oxley...
ESI Risk Management Part I Best Practices for IT by Google
cases where ESI on magnetic tape was determined to be reasonably accessible. It is likely this trend will continue as new technologies and e-discovery services continue to target backup tapes. A sure way to reduce the need to make this argument is to...
Seven Key Questions to Ask Before Moving to Disk-Based Backup by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
of choices available for disk-based backup. Listen to this Podcast and learn as experts discuss the major points to consider when moving from tape to disk so your move will be more successful. Listen to this Podcast and learn as disk backup experts discuss the...
Related Best Practices
How to implement snapshots
Snapshots can establish recovery points in just a fraction of the time needed for a traditional backup and can significantly reduce recovery point objectives by supporting more frequent recovery points. This article offers a series of best practices to help you get the most from snapshot technology... More...
How to implement disk-to-disk backups
Disk is being used more frequently in the data center because it offers better performance than tape systems, but there are limitations you should be aware of... More...
How to improve tape backup performance and reliability
Even though tape's role in data backup changing, it's still important in many data centers. Here's how to get the most out of your tape drives and media... More...
FAQ's
What is the difference between server-free and LAN-free backup?
LAN-free backup is simply connecting the server that needs to be backed up to a SAN, so the data is transferred over Fibre Channel to a tape drive, VTL or disk... More...
Can you explain the various ways to encrypt tape?
The most recent addition is a tape level or device level encryption. We've heard of STK and LTO-4, there are a number of devices available for LTO-4 and device level encryption at the hardware level... More...
Are there any benefits or drawbacks of choosing a separate tool for backup reporting compared with using a tool that's integrated with your backup software?
The backup applications usually provide some fundamental reporting on backup operations. You might have a dashboard view and some canned reports that focus on things like backup job status or media, or device error. And if you need to drill... More...